Release Year: 2002 Rating: R Duration: 150 minutes Director: Roman Polanski Producer: Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa, Alain Sarde Distributor: Focus Features
The film is adapted from the autobiography of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew who detailed his survival during World War II. A composer and a pianist, he played the last live music heard over Polish radio airwaves before Nazi artillery hit. During the brutal occupation, he eluded deportation and remained in the devastated Warsaw ghetto. There, he struggled to stay alive even when cast away from those he loved. He would eventually reclaim his artistic gifts and confront his fears, with aid from the unlikeliest of sources.
Watch as a phantom artist paints a family portrait on your desktop while a phantom pianist plays gentle mutable music on a piano. Source: Ezthemes Size: (1583 Kb)